Inking-pad.



PATENTED DEG. 3, 1907.

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S. D. RUTH.

INKING PAD. AIPLIUATION FILED 113.20,

Wizz/5M [NVE/VTM l ATTORNEYS 'SAMUEL D. RUTH, OF BEATRICE, NEBRASKA.

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Specifcationlof Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1907.

Application filed. February 20. 1907. Serial Nc. 358.492,

To all `whom 'it'may concern:-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL D.v

A citizen of the United States, residing at padsupporting member having its lower reservoir. i

' generally improve this class of devices so as to length ,of the pad, the ink in said chamber -lciency as well as to reduce the cost ofA manutrated in the accompanying drawings, it

form, proportions and minor details of con- 1n accordance with my invention, 1s `a longitudinal sectlonal vlew of the RUTH, a l

Beatrice', in the county of Gage and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Inking-Pad, of which the following is a specilication. Y

This invention relates to inking pads for hand stamps and the like and has for its object the provision of a comparatively simple and inexpensive device ofA this character in which 4the link is fed upwardly through the pad andequally distributed over the surface thereof thus keeping the pad moist and preventing the latter from gumming or blurring. A further object is to provide a perforated face recessed to form an ink-receivin chamber whichcommunicates with the-1n reservo1r and extends approximately the entire being fed upwardly through the perforations in the pad-supporting member.

'-A further object is ,to' provide means for locking the pad against accidental displacement, and means for supplying ink to the A Suu further` @meer 0f rhe'inveuon is to' increase their utility, durability and eiiifacture.

With these and otherobjects in view the invention consists in the lconstruction and novel combination and arrangement` of parts hereinafter fully described, and illusbeing understood that various changes in struction may be resortedv to within the scope ofthe appended claims. p ln the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification: Figure 1 is a perspective view of an nking pad constructed n Fig.. 2 same. Flg. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 and looking in the direction of the arrow. y Fig. 4 isa longitudinal sectional view. of a portion of a pad illustrating a modilied form of the invention.

Similar numerals of reference indicate cor' respondingparts in all of the figures ofthe drawings. The improved inking pad forming the subject matter of the present invention includes a substantially rectangular receptacle hav-- ing a liatbase 5 and parallel side walls 6 to one of which is pivotally connected a mov-l -tudinal groo've or recess forming a chamber 13 adapted to receive the lnk in the reservoir 9, there being-one or more perforations 14` formed in the supporting member so that the ink from the chamber'y 13 may be fed upe wardly through said perforatipns and uniinwa-rdly in par? and thence down-` l reservoir is discharged Resting.

formly distributed over the surface of the' pad 15. The upper end of the wallll is extended laterally to form an inclined shoulder 16 which bears against the adjacent surface of the pad 15 and which in connection with the inwardly extending flange 17 on the end wall 18 of the receptacle serves to effec tually lock the pad against accidental displacement. i e I Pivotally mounted for lateral movement on the top of the ink reservoir 9 is a spring pressed arm 19 having its freeend provided with a de ending pad 20 which normally closes the veed-openingv 21 formed inthe reservoir 9, as shown, so that by moving the arm 19 laterally to inoperative position the, ink may be introduced in the` reservoir from whence itwill How through the openingy 10 into the chamber 13. The groove or chamber 13 opens through one end of the padsupporting member 12 while the opposite end of said member is provided with a transverse shoulder 22 so as to prevent the ink in the chamber 13 from escaping between the pad-su porting member and the adjacent end wa 1*'18 of the receptacle.

It will here be observed that thc marginal iiange v23 of vthe pad-sup orting member formed by the chamber 13 [gears against thc iiat unobstructed base of the receptacle 5 andserves to conline the ink within the chaine ber 18 and thus prevent the latter from escapingnt the longitudinal and transverse edges of the pad. The wall 8 of the receptacle is preferably bent inwardly at 24EA to correspond with the flange 17 'so that the cqver e needed,

In Fig. 4 of the drawings there is illustrated a modified form of the invention inA which the arm 19 is dispensed with, the upper wall of the reservoir 9 being' provided with a threaded opening for the reception of a threaded plug or closure 26. It will ot course be understood that the shoulder 16 on the vertical wall of the reservoir may be dispensed with and that either form of closure for said reservoir may be used at will.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is:

1. An inking pad including a base, a perforated pad-supporting member resting on the base and having its lower face formed with an ink-receiving chamber,one end 'of the base being extended Aupwardly and thence inwardly and downwardly to form an ink-reservoir communicating with said chamber, and a pad resting on the supporting member and normally closing the perforations therein. Y

2. An inking pad including a receptacle, a perforated pad-supporting member disposed within the receptacle and having its lower face provided with a 'longitudinal ink-receiving groove deining a marginal ilange adapt- ,ed to bear against the base of the receptacle, one of the end walls of the receptacle being extended inwardly and thence extended downwardly to Jform an ink reservoir communicating ith the groove, a pad engaging the supporting member and covering the perforations therein, and means for locking the pad against accidental displacement.-

3. An inking pad including a receptacle having a flat base and one of its end walls extendedinwardly and downwardly in spaced relation to the base to form an ink reservoir,

there being an opening formedin the top of the reservoir, a perforated pad-supporting member disposed within the receptacle and having its lower face formed with a longitudinal groove communicating with the reservoir, a pad covering the perforations in said supporting member, one wall of the reservoir being bent laterally toform a shoulder for engagement with the pad, and a closure for the opening in the reservoir.

4. An inking pad including a receptacle having one of its end walls extended inwardly and thence downwardly to form an ink-reservoir, there being a depression formed in one wall of the reservoir and a late rally extending shoulder formed on the opposite wall of said reservoir, a perforated pad supporting member disposed within the reservoir and provided with a longitudinal ink-receiving chamber communicating with the reservoir, a pad engaging the lateral shoulder of vthe ink-reservoir, a ilange formed on one of the end walls of the receptacle and bearing against the pad, and a cover pivotally mounted ofi the receptacle and adapted to engage the depression and lange when the cover is moved to closed position.

5. An inkingpad including a receptacle having one of its end walls extended inwardly and thence downwardly toform an .ink-reservoir, a perforated pad supporting member disposed within the Ireceptacle and having a. longitudinal ink-receiving groove formed in the bottom thereof and opening through one end of said member, the opposite end of the groove terminating in a shoulder, a pad engaging the supporting member and covering the perforations therein, there being a feed-opening formed in the reservoir and communicating with the open end of' the ink-receiving groove. i

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I'have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL `D. RUTH.

Witnesses:

C. H. MAYBORN, J. H. PENNER. 

